{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/699",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY PROCEEDINGS\nSENIOR COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nFAMILY COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 25th June 2026\nLaid before Parliament 29th June 2026\nComing into force 20th July 2026\nThe Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 76(8) of the Courts Act 2003, having fulfilled the requirements of section 79(1) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 39. Section 75 was amended by paragraphs 308 and 338 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), paragraphs 83 and 91 of Part 2 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35) sets out an amendment to section 75 which is not yet in force."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/699/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:11.045352+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}